Guadeloupe
Overseas department of France in the Caribbean
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| 2025 | Guadeloupe is scheduled to potentially participate in the U-17 World Cup in Qatar. |
| March 25 2025 | Guadeloupe national football team played second CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match against Nicaragua. |
| March 21 2025 | Guadeloupe national football team played first CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match against Nicaragua. |
| 2024 | Tille Vikash from Moulien emerges as the best scorer in the Guadeloupe Division of Honour with 16 goals |
| January 1 2024 | Guadeloupe's population was estimated at 378,561, predominantly Afro-Caribbean with various minority groups including Europeans, Indians, Lebanese, Syrians, and Chinese. |
| 2023 | CS Moulien from Le Moule won their first of nineteen titles in the Guadeloupe Division of Honour. |
| 2023 | Grégory Gendrey wins the top scorer award for the Guadeloupe Division of Honour with 20 goals while playing for Le Phare |
| 2023 | Population further decreases to 382,733, with birth rate at 10.6 per 1,000 and total fertility rate dropping to 2.01 children per woman. |
| 2023 | Population declines to 380,469, with a total fertility rate dropping to 1.88, indicating continued demographic shifts. |
| 2023 | Second phase of the tramway project scheduled for completion, extending the line to serve the university. |
| 2023 | Guadeloupe EPP plans to develop 66 MW of additional biomass capacity, including 43 MW to replace coal, with the Albioma Caraïbes plant set to be converted to biomass to increase renewable energy share from 20.5% to 35%. |
| December 1 2023 | Guadeloupe women's national football team participated in 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification matches against Saint Lucia. |
| 2022 | Moulien from Le Moule continued their dominance, winning another Guadeloupe Division of Honour championship. |
| 2022 | Grégory Gendrey wins the top scorer award for the Guadeloupe Division of Honour with 22 goals while playing for Solidarité-Scolaire |
| 2022 | Four clubs (Amical Club, Arsenal Club, Club Amical Marquisat, and Racing Club) were relegated from the Guadeloupe Division of Honour league at the end of the 2021/22 season. |
| 2022 | Guadeloupe women's national football team did not enter the CONCACAF W Championship. |
| 2022 | Ange-Freddy Plumain starts playing for the national team, scoring 8 goals in 20 appearances. |
| 2021 | Raphaël Mirval wins the top scorer award for the Guadeloupe Division of Honour with 18 goals while playing for Solidarité-Scolaire |
| 2021 | Solidarité SC from Baie-Mahault won their sixth title in the Guadeloupe Division of Honour. |
| 2021 | Matthias Phaëton begins representing Guadeloupe, quickly becoming a notable player with 11 goals in 30 appearances. |
| 2021 | Population reaches 384,315, with a negative population change of -245 people and a total fertility rate of 2.11. |
| 2021 | Official population count of Guadeloupe recorded at 375,693 inhabitants. |
| 2021 | Additional police officers were deployed to the island in response to rioting related to COVID-19 restrictions. |
| July 1 2021 | Guy Losbar was elected as the president of the Departmental Council of Guadeloupe, taking responsibility for managing social welfare, junior high school infrastructure, local roads, and school transportation. |
| 2020 | AS Gosier from Le Gosier won their third title in the Guadeloupe Division of Honour. |
| 2020 | Religious demographics survey revealed that 96% of Guadeloupe's population is Christian, with a breakdown of 86% Roman Catholic, 8% Protestant, and 6% other Christian denominations. The remaining 4% comprises people with no religion, along with small numbers of Hindus, Baháʼís, and Muslims. |
| 2020 | Population declined to 383,559, with 4,678 live births, 3,742 deaths, and a total fertility rate of 2.27. |
| 2020 | According to the Water Office, 61% of drinking water production is wasted, amounting to nearly 50 million cubic metres of water per year due to poor pipe conditions. |
| 2020 | The Energy Transition Law (TECV) aims to achieve 50% renewable energy in the territory. |
| 2019 | Guadeloupe national under-17 football team participated in the CONCACAF U-17 Championship, representing their nation in the youth football tournament. |
| 2019 | First phase of the Pointe-à-Pitre tramway project scheduled for completion, connecting northern Abymes to downtown Pointe-à-Pitre. |
| 2019 | Guadeloupe Water Office reports a generalized degradation of water bodies, highlighting ongoing environmental challenges. |
| July 2019 | International Union for Conservation of Nature last assessed the Guadeloupe woodpecker's conservation status as 'least concern'. |
| July 2019 | Guadeloupe woodpecker was downgraded from 'near-threatened' to 'least concern' status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, reflecting an improvement in its conservation status. |
| 2018 | Another consolidation of the ministerial decree occurred, further reinforcing the legal protections for the Guadeloupe woodpecker. |
| 2018 | Amical Club from Grand-Bourg de Marie-Galante won their first and only title in the Guadeloupe Division of Honour. |
| 2018 | The storm-petrel family was taxonomically reclassified, moving from the Hydrobatidae family to the Oceanitidae family. |
| 2018 | Guadeloupe women's national football team did not qualify for the CONCACAF W Championship. |
| 2018 | Anthony Baron and Raphaël Mirval join the national team, with Baron continuing to play and Mirval scoring 10 goals in 21 appearances. |
| 2018 | Biomass and coal energy and petroleum hydrocarbons remain the most used energy sources in Guadeloupe, despite the island's potential for solar, wind, and marine energy. |
| 2018 | The Albioma Caraïbes (AC) coal-fired power plant produces 260 GWh/year of electricity, accounting for 15% of the island's energy needs. |
| 2018 | Guadeloupe Academy had an operating budget of €714.3 million for the 2018-2019 school year, employing 9,618 people across its educational institutions. |
| March 2018 | The ChlEauTerre study is unveiled, revealing extensive environmental contamination with 37 different anthropogenic molecules in watershed areas. |
| 2017 | Population declined to 390,253, experiencing a low total fertility rate of 1.94. |
| 2017 | Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck Guadeloupe, continuing the archipelago's challenging history with powerful tropical storms. |
| 2017 | Gross domestic product (GDP) of Guadeloupe reached €9.079 billion, with 3.4% economic growth. Banana exports were significantly impacted by damages from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. |
| 2017 | Population density assessment showed a very high concentration, with one-third of land devoted to agriculture and mountain areas being uninhabitable. |
| 2016 | USR from Sainte-Rose won their first of two titles in the Guadeloupe Division of Honour. |
| 2016 | Guadeloupe was identified as the most violent overseas French department, with a murder rate of 8.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. |
| 2014 | Guadeloupe women's national football team participated in the CONCACAF W Championship. |
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